Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar has offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the poll debacle in the state.
Babbar also echoed Rahul Gandhi on the need for making structural changes to strengthen the party, but defended the Congress vice-president, saying leadership is not changed for losses in one or two elections.
“I take moral responsibility for the party’s defeat in Uttar Pradesh. I was given the responsibility, but I could not fulfil it. I could not live up to the expectations. I will do what is required,” he told reporters in the Parliament premises.
To a question why Gandhi or senior party leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad were not taking responsibility for the defeat, the Rajya Sabha member said such issues are to be discussed internally at party level.“Our national leaders worked hard in the five States which went to polls including UP We failed to win Uttar Pradesh,” Babbar said.
“Our national leaders worked hard in the five States which went to polls including UP We failed to win Uttar Pradesh,” Babbar said.“You don’t change party leadership for losses in one or two elections. The leadership is ideology. They make teams. Our team failed there (in UP),” he said.
“You don’t change party leadership for losses in one or two elections. The leadership is ideology. They make teams. Our team failed there (in UP),” he said.
